LaShonda NeSmith-Jackson

Voted against taking her barking-dog limits back out of the animal nuisance law; that change passed 5-2. She then cast the only vote against the final animal law, which passed 6-1.

August 14, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Proposed adding barking-dog and noisy-animal limits to the city's animal nuisance law. She refused to withdraw it for a delay, and her change passed 5-2.

July 10, 2023Supports Environment and Public Health

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Proposed giving $250,000 of state opioid settlement grants to Putting You First Counseling Services instead of House of Hope; it failed 2-5. She then voted against the $557,484 grant plan, which passed 5-2.

July 8, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

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Voted for the city's 2024-25 budget on first reading, which passed 7-0. It kept the 68.1-mill property tax rate and gave city workers a 4% cost-of-living raise.

May 13, 2024Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Made the motion to adopt the city's $304,546 federal housing grant budget (CDBG) for 2023-24. It passed 6-1 after a change that added money for homeless and youth programs.

May 8, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

Source: cityofflorencesc.gov

Made the motion to tighten the youth curfew. It raised the age to 17 and set 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. citywide and 9 p.m. downtown. It passed first reading 6-0.

December 8, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Voted for a city law that makes breaking a city rule out of hate, such as over race, religion, or sexual orientation, a separate offense. It passed 7-0.

March 18, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Made the motion to tighten the youth curfew. It raised the age to 17 and set 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. citywide and 9 p.m. downtown. It passed first reading 6-0.

December 8, 2025Opposes Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

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Voted against annexing 1.467 acres on Toscanna Drive and zoning it for townhomes, after neighbors objected to rentals and density. It passed 5-2.

June 9, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability

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Voted against rezoning 1110 Oakland Avenue so townhomes could be built in a single-family area. The rezoning failed 5-2.

February 12, 2024Opposes Housing Affordability

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Made the motion to adopt the city's $304,546 federal housing grant budget (CDBG) for 2023-24. It passed 6-1 after a change that added money for homeless and youth programs.

May 8, 2023Supports Housing Affordability

Source: cityofflorencesc.gov

Voted for a water bill Round Up program that rounds up customer bills to help people who cannot pay. Customers are enrolled unless they opt out. It passed 6-1.

November 13, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: cityofflorencesc.gov

Made the motion to adopt the city's $304,546 federal housing grant budget (CDBG) for 2023-24. It passed 6-1 after a change that added money for homeless and youth programs.

May 8, 2023Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: cityofflorencesc.gov

Voted for a city law that makes breaking a city rule out of hate, such as over race, religion, or sexual orientation, a separate offense. It passed 7-0.

March 18, 2024Supports Civil Rights

Source: cityofflorencesc.gov

Cast the only vote against giving two city-owned lots to the Florence Housing Authority. She had asked to see updated building plans first. It passed 6-1.

August 11, 2025

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Made the motion to adopt updated design rules for buildings in downtown Florence. It passed 6-1.

May 12, 2025

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Voted to allow beer and wine sales at approved special events in more city spaces, including Timrod Park. It passed 4-3.

April 14, 2025

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Cast the only vote against renaming Northwest Park, in her district, after Mordecai C. Johnson. She said neither she nor the neighborhood was told first. It passed 5-1.

January 13, 2025

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Cast the only vote against new council committee chair picks that dropped the Marketing and Public Relations Committee she chaired. She said a few members should not decide for the whole council. It passed 5-1.

November 18, 2024

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Voted 6-0 to remove Linda Becote from the Florence Housing Authority board for misconduct. Earlier at the same hearing, she was the only member who voted to hear one more witness; that failed 5-1.

April 20, 2023

Source: cityofflorencesc.gov

Won the Florence City Council District 1 seat in the November 2022 election, beating Republican Joey McMillian.

December 13, 2022

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